International Emergency Nursing Vol. 54 January 2021
Situational awareness during a full-scale exercise in an underground mine:
A qualitative single-case study of the ambulance incident commander
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Title
International Emergency Nursing Vol. 54 January 2021
Situational awareness during a full-scale exercise in an underground mine:
A qualitative single-case study of the ambulance incident commander
Situational awareness during a full-scale exercise in an underground mine:
A qualitative single-case study of the ambulance incident commander
Subject
Emergency medical management, Exercise, Underground mine incident, Preparedness, Situational awareness, Qualitative observational study
Description
Introduction: Underground environments present challenges for providing and managing effective emergency care. Situational awareness (SA) has been suggested as a critical process to the management of care.
Aim: This study aims to explore the process of SA in the tasks of an ambulance incident commander (AIC) during a fullscale underground mine exercise.
Methods: Data consisted of video recordings, audiotapes and fieldnotes; these were subjected to content analysis based on the categories from the Busby Theory of Situational Awareness in Multi-casualty Incidents.
Results: The results show that the underground mining environment presented the AIC with specific challenges for the SA process with respect to aspects such as situational information about the scene and the victims, as well as with making decisions for ambulance personnel so they could perform their work safely, and having a structured manner to counteract information overload. Both technical and non-technical aspects influenced the process.
Conclusion: The AIC’s situational awareness was largely built through coordinated communications and actions with collaborating actors. The results of this study can be used for further exploration of how to train and support people in medical leadership roles on aspects of SA in emergency care, as well as on how to evaluate educational outcomes through exercises.
Aim: This study aims to explore the process of SA in the tasks of an ambulance incident commander (AIC) during a fullscale underground mine exercise.
Methods: Data consisted of video recordings, audiotapes and fieldnotes; these were subjected to content analysis based on the categories from the Busby Theory of Situational Awareness in Multi-casualty Incidents.
Results: The results show that the underground mining environment presented the AIC with specific challenges for the SA process with respect to aspects such as situational information about the scene and the victims, as well as with making decisions for ambulance personnel so they could perform their work safely, and having a structured manner to counteract information overload. Both technical and non-technical aspects influenced the process.
Conclusion: The AIC’s situational awareness was largely built through coordinated communications and actions with collaborating actors. The results of this study can be used for further exploration of how to train and support people in medical leadership roles on aspects of SA in emergency care, as well as on how to evaluate educational outcomes through exercises.
Creator
Annika Eklund, Britt-Inger Saveman, Lina Gyllencreutz
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd.
Date
January 2021
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Rights
1755-599X
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
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International Emergency Nursing Vol. 54 January 2021
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Citation
Annika Eklund, Britt-Inger Saveman, Lina Gyllencreutz, “International Emergency Nursing Vol. 54 January 2021
Situational awareness during a full-scale exercise in an underground mine:
A qualitative single-case study of the ambulance incident commander,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed September 20, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1592.
Situational awareness during a full-scale exercise in an underground mine:
A qualitative single-case study of the ambulance incident commander,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed September 20, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1592.